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Research in San Francisco

Science Explorer records 356 research institutions in San Francisco, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of California, San Francisco, University of San Francisco and California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Research institutions
356
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
216k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
10M
46.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
San Francisco

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in San Francisco?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of California, San FranciscoUniversity 136,597 #42
2San Francisco State UniversityUniversity 11,268 #2,746
3University of San FranciscoUniversity 11,238 #489
4Institute on AgingNonprofit 3,176 #2,573
5Golden Gate UniversityUniversity 2,892 #10,472
6Bechtel (United States)Company 2,644 #11,544
7University of California Hastings College of the LawUniversity 2,270 #19,265
8Cal HumanitiesNonprofit 1,794 #6,992
9Gladstone InstitutesNonprofit 1,614 #1,594
10California Academy of SciencesArchive 1,550 #12,936
11Public Policy Institute of CaliforniaNonprofit 1,476 #8,044
12Letterman Army Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,323 #17,215 all time
13Pacific EnvironmentInstitution 1,254 #11,736
14Bay InstituteNonprofit 1,181 #4,022
15San Francisco Department of Public HealthHospital / health system 1,128 #9,179
16California Institute for Regenerative MedicineGovernment institution 1,103 #1,185
17San Francisco FoundationNonprofit 1,074 #6,337
18Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoInstitution 1,003 #17,595
19QB3Nonprofit 963 #1,301
20WestedNonprofit 905 #10,043
21Saybrook UniversityUniversity 878 #18,038
22California Institute of Integral StudiesUniversity 816 #12,215
23Wells Fargo (United States)Company 775 #10,230
24San Francisco AIDS FoundationNonprofit 769 #5,089 all time
25City College of San FranciscoUniversity 748 #20,769
26Tumori FoundationNonprofit 736 #21,043 all time
27Mechanics' InstituteInstitution 708 #8,284 all time
28Autodesk (United States)Company 693 #8,886
29Global Brain Health InstituteNonprofit 681 #4,237
30Jewish HomeInstitution 585 #9,717 all time
31Evotec (United States)Company 566 #9,804
32Dignity HealthHospital / health system 558 #12,295
33Salesforce (United States)Company 555 #6,927
34St. Mary's Medical CenterHospital / health system 548 #15,886 all time
35McKesson (United States)Company 544 #16,272
36Eos Neuroscience (United States)Company 521 #8,650
37Pacific Research InstituteInstitution 402 #14,377
38California Public Utilities CommissionGovernment institution 399 #18,750 all time
39Parker Institute for Cancer ImmunotherapyResearch facility 385 #1,387
40ExploratoriumArchive 381 #14,996 all time
41Benchmark Research (United States)Company 377 #14,138
42St. Joseph's HospitalHospital / health system 368 #20,164 all time
43Kaiser Family FoundationNonprofit 338 #10,518 all time
44Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern CaliforniaResearch facility 334 #25,177 all time
45IDEO (United States)Company 333 #14,481 all time
46Center for Policy AnalysisNonprofit 332 #9,897 all time
47Glaucoma Research FoundationNonprofit 324 #19,426 all time
48Levi Strauss (United States)Company 319 #18,382 all time
49Hinge HealthHospital / health system 315 #16,677
50Catholic CharitiesNonprofit 310 #23,997 all time
51OpenAI (United States)Company 303 #15,789
52Blood Systems Research InstituteNonprofit 300 #11,808 all time
53Community InitiativesNonprofit 296 #16,330
54Dolby (United States)Company 296 #20,822
55San Francisco Center for PsychoanalysisNonprofit 288 #19,827 all time
56International Neuromodulation SocietyNonprofit 284 #19,877
57San Francisco Unified School DistrictUniversity 281 #14,985
58A.P. Giannini FoundationInstitution 281 #14,350 all time
59United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitGovernment institution 276 #31,804 all time
60Public Library of ScienceArchive 276 #20,123 all time

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of California, San Francisco: 66.7%San Francisco State University: 5.5%University of San Francisco: 5.5%Institute on Aging: 1.5%56 others listed: 20.8%67%largest
University of California, San Francisco137k · 66.7%San Francisco State University11k · 5.5%University of San Francisco11k · 5.5%Institute on Aging3,176 · 1.5%56 others listed43k · 20.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does San Francisco work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in San Francisco is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 15k fractional works · 49.0% of its workMedicine: 13k fractional works · 43.1% of its workSurgery: 1,389 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1,129 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1,067 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 1,022 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1,011 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 707 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 677 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 586 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 507 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 499 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 487 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 430 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 317 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 290 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 261 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 240 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 238 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 233 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 208 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 190 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 186 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 179 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 154 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 139 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 136 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 103 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 92 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 65 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 329 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1,540 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1,038 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 123 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 97 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 84 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 197 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 147 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 113 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 128 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,366 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,783 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 912 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 478 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 242 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 225 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 214 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 136 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 116 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 294 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 1,679 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 740 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 400 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 242 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 138 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 627 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 485 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 91 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 532 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 93 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 69 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 281 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 508 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 100 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 74 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 128 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 236 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 103 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5,383 fractional works · 17.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,980 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,723 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 514 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 293 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 170 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 217 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1,084 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 484 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 215 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 187 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 198 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 739 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 557 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVirology: 69 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 450 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 141 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 133 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 177 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 130 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 65 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4,022 fractional works · 13.0% of its workComputer Science: 1,229 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 477 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 250 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 147 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 95 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 82 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 178 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 1,078 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 352 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 141 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 69 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 365 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 675 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 190 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 137 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 254 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 337 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 100 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 157 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 207 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 147 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 86 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 141 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 137 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSan Francisco31kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences21%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13k43.1%
    2. Health Professions1,5405.0%
    3. Nursing1470.5%
    4. Dentistry1280.4%
    5. Veterinary270.1%
  2. Social Sciences6,36620.6%
    1. Social Sciences2,7839.0%
    2. Psychology1,6795.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6272.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities5321.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting5081.6%
    6. Decision Sciences2360.8%
  3. Life Sciences5,38317.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,9809.6%
    2. Neuroscience1,0843.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology7392.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4501.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1300.4%
    1. Computer Science1,2294.0%
    2. Engineering1,0783.5%
    3. Environmental Science6752.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy3371.1%
    5. Mathematics2070.7%
    6. Materials Science1470.5%
    7. Chemistry1410.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1370.4%
    9. Energy540.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is San Francisco strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in San Francisco is most concentrated in Transplantation, Family Practice and Virology (4.3× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 50.9 works4.3×
  2. Family PracticeSubfield · 50.6 works4.0×
  3. VirologySubfield · 61.6 works4.0×
  4. AgingSubfield · 24.3 works3.8×
  5. Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 31.0 works3.6×
  6. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 450.9 works3.4×
  7. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 211.2 works3.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 366 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.78× its world share, 2,523 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 638 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.14× its world share, 925 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 112 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 125 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 1,023 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 110 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 935 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 571 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 112 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 166 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 237 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 110 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 1,362 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 12k worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 129 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 22 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 453 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 449 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 191 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 569 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 1,466 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2,297 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology2.38×638 works
  2. Medicine2.28×12k works
  3. Neuroscience2.14×925 works
  4. Health Professions1.94×1,362 works
  5. Psychology1.81×1,466 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.78×2,523 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.19×112 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×569 works
  9. Nursing0.99×129 works
  10. Dentistry0.85×110 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.74×191 works
  12. Social Sciences0.68×2,297 works
  13. Veterinary0.59×22 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.59×453 works
  15. Mathematics0.53×166 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×449 works
  17. Computer Science0.50×1,023 works
  18. Environmental Science0.43×571 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.40×237 works
  20. Chemistry0.30×125 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×366 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×110 works
  23. Engineering0.23×935 works
  24. Energy0.20×48 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.13×12 works
  26. Materials Science0.12×112 works

Which keywords describe research in San Francisco?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Quality of Life, Public Health, Mental Health, Aging and Risk Factors.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2,448▲ 1.99×139 topics
  2. Inflammation1,128▲ 1.71×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life918▲ 2.1×60 topics
  4. Public Health853▲ 1.89×71 topics
  5. Mental Health846▲ 1.91×47 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress769▲ 1.51×62 topics
  7. Risk Factors748▲ 2.2×37 topics
  8. Treatment731▲ 1.94×52 topics
  9. Immunotherapy727▲ 3.2×19 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease670▲ 1.90×39 topics
  11. Cancer642▲ 1.54×59 topics
  12. Biomarkers616▲ 2.9×18 topics
  13. Depression588▲ 2.2×26 topics
  14. Aging586▲ 3.5×19 topics
  15. Clinical Trials509▲ 2.5×19 topics
  16. Diagnosis507▲ 1.76×41 topics
  17. Chemotherapy474▲ 2.2×25 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders452▲ 2.6×20 topics
  19. Genetics418▲ 1.91×26 topics
  20. Mortality416▲ 2.4×13 topics
  21. Global Burden386▲ 2.3×12 topics
  22. Anxiety382▲ 2.6×12 topics
  23. Neuroimaging375▲ 4.4×11 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations372▲ 2.8×23 topics
  25. Radiotherapy371▲ 3.0×13 topics
  26. Primary Care363▲ 3.2×15 topics
  27. Health Disparities362▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Neurodegeneration355▲ 3.7×11 topics
  29. Antiretroviral Therapy321▲ 6.4×6 topics
  30. Alzheimer's Disease316▲ 3.7×9 topics
  31. Mortality Risk306▲ 4.1×6 topics
  32. Neuroinflammation301▲ 3.4×6 topics
  33. Cognitive Decline251▲ 6.7×2 topics
  34. Cancer Immunotherapy247▲ 5.2×3 topics
  35. Caregiver Burden246▲ 7.0×3 topics
  36. Cognitive Training239▲ 8.3×2 topics
  37. Dementia232▲ 7.9×2 topics
  38. Mild Cognitive Impairment230▲ 8.7×1 topic
  39. Vascular Risk Factors230▲ 8.7×1 topic
  40. Mortality Rates210▲ 7.2×2 topics

What research is done in San Francisco?

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 211 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 145 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 124 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 112 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 104 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 103 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…103Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 103 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 102 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 90 fractional worksFood Security and Health…87Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 87 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthOncologyInfectious DiseasesGenetics5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 211 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 145 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 124 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 112 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 104 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 103 works
  7. 7 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 103 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 102 works
  9. 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 90 works
  10. 10 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 87 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%San Francisco18.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.7% in 2008.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in San Francisco for research?

Science Explorer records 356 research institutions in San Francisco, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of California, San Francisco, University of San Francisco and California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Which research institutions are in San Francisco?
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